Good morning from a very new beginner

Just found this site before turning in so I thought I'd say hello from Peterborough. I used to run by myself 4 or 5 years ago but gave it up after becoming bored by the same old routes I took at lunch-times. After taking up football 25 years after my last match I got bored training alone at lunch times so I took the plunge and went out with 3 runners at work last Thursday and managed 1 and a half miles before I developed stitch. I felt much more awake at work afterwards so I am aiming to go out again this Wednesday lunch-time.

Morning Crun, welcome to the forum. You'll find out we're a friendly lot, although many of us are raving mad... Any questions you have, just ask - although you may find the answers in previous threads.

Well done on the 1.5 miles, a solution I use for stitch is: don't eat immediately before you go running. If you do get stitch, breathe in, through your mouth, slowly, then exhale, through your mouth again, quickly/suddenly if you know what I mean. Also try running with your hands above your head for a minute or so. Although you will look like a berk, and cars will honk at you as they pass, if it gets rid of the stitch, who cares lol?!

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